How to see it
Eta Oct has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for Eta Oct: right ascension 10h 59m 13s, declination −84° 35′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).
Catalog context
Eta Oct. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53702, HD 96124, Gaia DR3 5191251074311205888. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5191251074311205888
- HIP
- 53702
- HD
- 96124
- gaia_dr3
- 5191251074311205888
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- Eta Oct
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5191251074311205888
- HD 96124
- HIP 53702
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.16